Global Patent Index - EP 1811903 A1

EP 1811903 A1 20070801 - SURGICAL GRAFTS

Title (en)

SURGICAL GRAFTS

Title (de)

CHIRURGISCHE PROTHESEN

Title (fr)

GREFFES CHIRURGICALES

Publication

EP 1811903 A1 20070801 (EN)

Application

EP 05802346 A 20051108

Priority

  • IL 2005001167 W 20051108
  • US 62572504 P 20041108
  • US 69651605 P 20050706

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006048885A1] Provided is a surgical graft having one or more pockets adapted to receive a shaft tip of a surgical fastening device. The graft of the invention may be made from a biodegradable material, a biological material, a non-biodegradable material, biodegradable material, or a combination of any of these. The graft may be of a mesh construction, and may have an elongated shape, or may be shaped as a patch. The graft may be used, for example, in a method for treating urinary incontinence, vaginal vault repair, posterior vaginal wall prolapse, anterior vaginal wall prolapse and inguinal hernia. The invention also provides a system including a surgical graft of the invention, one or more surgical fasteners, and a surgical fastening device having a shaft and configured to eject at least one of the surgical fasteners from the tip of the shaft.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 17/00234 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2/0045 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 17/068 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2006048885A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006048885 A1 20060511; AU 2005302091 A1 20060511; CA 2586043 A1 20060511; EP 1811903 A1 20070801; JP 2008518713 A 20080605; US 2008125869 A1 20080529

DOCDB simple family (application)

IL 2005001167 W 20051108; AU 2005302091 A 20051108; CA 2586043 A 20051108; EP 05802346 A 20051108; JP 2007539713 A 20051108; US 66718905 A 20051108